Thursday, March 6, 2014
Lightning!
The chances of being struck by lighting are 1 in 3000. Yet, Lightning is one of the leading weather related causes of death. And don't think rubber shoes will help. Rubber shoes actually do nothing to protect from lightning. Here is a link to an article explaining the probability of getting struck by lightning:
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Wow that is interesting. I always thought that the rubber shoes would help prevent lighting striking on me. I guess I was wrong. The probability would be the same if i was or wasn't wearing rubber shoes. I wonder why people thought that rubber shoes would help.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing that lighting can be one of the leading weather related causes of death yet still people have such a low probability of being struck by lighting. Why is the probability of being struck by lighting higher in the year than during his/her lifetime? This is interesting I would have thought that the probability of the lifetime would be higher than during the year.
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